AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested - Answer- annually
A 58-year old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with the patient? - Answer- Describe the activities in t...
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AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested - Answer- annually
A 58-year old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when interacting with the patient? - Answer- Describe the activities in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's hemodialysis
machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take? - Answer- Clean the machine surface immediately
A dialysis technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environmental risk? - Answer- About one ounce (30ml) fluid is on the floor
A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several months. The patient tells the dialysis technician that he is lonely and depressed. He asks the dialysis technician to go out to dinner with him. In addition to politely declining the patient's invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the dialysis technician take? - Answer- Refer the patient to the social worker
A fistula connects - Answer- an artery to a vein.
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is - Answer- vitamin B12.
A mixed-bed DI tank contains - Answer- Cations and anions.
A nephron is made up of: - Answer- A glomerulus and a tubule system
A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect - Answer- an Infiltration.
A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to? - Answer- Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
A patient tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high-potassium foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the following foods. Which one is highest in potassium? - Answer- Bananas
A slow pulse of 54 beats/minute would indicate the patient has - Answer- Bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is: - Answer- It is a CMS requirement A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative
of: - Answer- Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would: - Answer- never document something that someone else did
A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it - Answer- may rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely.
A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these findings the technician should seek the
answer to which of these questions. - Answer- Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly?
A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has: - Answer- tachycardia
A patient's target weight is 154.0 lb (70 kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight is 158.4 lb (72 kg). For a four-hour treatment, how many mL/hour must the patient lose to reach dry weight? - Answer- 500
AAMI standard for conventional dialysate requires the total microbial count be less than - Answer- 100 CFU/mL
Abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even death. - Answer- Potassium
Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are - Answer- 3 - 5% of TW.
The AAMI standard for endotoxin levels in conventional dialysate is - Answer- less than 0.50 EU/mL
Albumin is an important test that tells about the patients' __________ status. - Answer- nutritional
All of the following are phosphate binders EXCEPT : - Answer- Vitamin B12
All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an infected access EXCEPT : - Answer- numbness and tingling
Asepsis is defined as - Answer- the absence of disease producing organisms.
Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes the cap from the fistula needle
and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first? - Answer- Discard the needle
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